Recent Work

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Clare Melinsky's lino-cuts in colour and black and white follow the style of traditional woodcuts. Over the last thirty years her illustrations have been used in advertising, for labels and packaging, and in editorial work for books, magazines and newspapers.

Dan Pearson 'Natural Selection'

This is my cover for Dan Pearson's new book ' Natural Selection' published by Faber & Faber May 2017.
Dan is a well known garden designer with style and integrity. He has been writing a gardening column for the Guardian newspaper for the last ten years; his articles have been collected in this book and arranged in monthly order. As well as the cover illustration, I was asked to provide twelve plant portraits, one for each month of the year.
Dan has an interesting blog, well worth following if you like gardens. His website includes an interview with me:http://digdelve.com/clare-melinsky/

Open Studios 27th-29th May 2017

I have been printing up new work for this year's Spring Fling.
Come to visit studios all over the region during the bank holiday weekend.www.spring-fling.co.uk is the local Open Studios event here in Dumfries and Galloway.

January workshops 2017

Make some lino cut prints at my January workshops.
Saturdays from 10.00 - 4.00 pm. Beginners are welcome as well as more advanced students.
All tools and materials supplied; bring an apron or old shirt to protect your clothes.
£60.00 includes a very nice lunch and refreshments.
The venue is Thomas Tosh cafe´ and shop in Thornhill, twelve miles north of Dumfries
Gift vouchers are available.
Please email Thomas Tosh to book your placeinfo@thomastosh.com
t:01848 331553

Workshops coming up

Here are my next lino cut print making workshops that you can join. Please contact the venue to book any event.

January 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th 2017 http://www.thomastosh.com/contact
These are my regular annual workshops on Saturdays in January at Thomas Tosh shop and cafe´ in my local village, Thornhill, Dumfriesshire DG3 5EA.
The cost is £60.00 for one day 10.00 - 4.00pm, which includes lunch and refreshments. Look at the workshop information on my website for more information.
tel. 01848 331553

Open Studios 28th-30th May 2016

You are welcome to visit me during Open Studios weekend 28th, 29th and 30th May.
I shall have a mix of work on show and for sale. Some of my Penguin Shakespeare book covers will be on display, as it is an anniversary year: 400 years since Shakespeare's death.
All the information and maps are on the Spring Fling website, lots to do and see in this beautiful and remote corner of south west Scotland. Ninety studios in Dumfries and Galloway will be open over the Bank Holiday weekend.www.spring-fling.co.uk

Make lino cut prints with me in February 2016

Each Saturday in February I shall be running workshops in Thornhill, my local town in Dumfriesshire, south-west Scotland.
10.00- 4.00 each day, all materials and tools provided. Only six students in each class, so plenty of individual attention.
Thomas Tosh provides the spacious venue, a welcoming café and shop just off the high street. An excellent lunch and refreshments is included in the price: £60.00 per day.
My students use Easycut lino which is much easier to cut than the traditional material, and prints really well.
Beginners are welcome, more experienced students are welcome as well.

You can book one class or several: 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th February 2016. Ring Trisha or Yvonne at Thomas Tosh 01848 331553, or email info@thomastosh.com

Artisan Biscuit Tins for Autumn

M&S Meadow Cake

A cake box for Marks and Spencers, on the shelves now.

Spring Fling Open Studios 2015

It's time for Spring Fling again, Scotland's Premier Art and Craft Open Studios Event.
There are 95 studios to visit in Dumfries and Galloway, which is in the far south west of Scotland.
This year I am exhibiting at home for the first time. My studio is number 75 on the Spring Fling map, at Highland Cottage, Gatelawbridge, Thornhill DG3 5EA.
Lino cut prints for sale: some new work, others selected from my archive of forty years of illustration . Framed and unframed, price £30-£250. And all my latest postcards.